QUETTA: Hand grenades were found in three coaches of the Jaffar Express brought to Quetta Railway Station a week after it was attacked and hijacked by BLA terrorists with 440 passengers onboard in Bolan area of Balochistan.
According to the police, four hand grenades were recovered from three coaches of Jaffar Express brought to Quetta Railway Station last night. One grenade has been defused, while the others are being rendered safe.
According to railway sources, the coaches, which were brought late last night, have been moved to the Railway Loco Shed, where they will be repaired.
On the other hand, Jaffar Express scheduled to resume journey for Peshawar, will not leave tomorrow (Thursday). The train’s repairs are still incomplete, and cleaning tasks are also pending. According to railway control, the train will only depart once the repair and cleaning work is fully completed.
The Jaffar Express was attacked while travelling through Balochistan’s Bolan Pass. The train was hijacked, and the terrorists held several passengers hostage inside a tunnel. A coordinated rescue operation by security forces followed, resulting in the liberation of hostages.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, confirmed that no passengers were harmed during the clearance operation carried out by security forces after terrorists hijacked the Jaffar Express in Bolan district, Balochistan.
“All 33 terrorists have been sent to hell…. Four Frontier Corps personnel embraced martyrdom during the clearance operation,” said Lt Gen Chaudhry in an interview with a private news channel. However, he added, before the clearance operation, 21 passengers were martyred by the terrorists.
“No one can be permitted to make innocent people of Pakistan the victim of their barbarism in the streets, trains, buses or markets because of their misleading ideology,” DG ISPR said.
“Whoever does this, let me say it very clearly, will be hunted down and brought to justice. Let me also say that this incident of Jaffer Express changes the rules of the game,” he stressed.
